I was taken by surprise when my kid came home with a request to make Valentine’s day cards for his friends.
Weird? Cute? WHAT? Hmmmm….

On top of that, his specifications were loud and clear. No hearts. No pink. No flowers.
Boy, did that make things any simpler?

Since many cards had to be made, I ruminated over the quickest way to make them with minimal effort. And since the card giver had to be involved in card making, the design had to be simple. Complicated cards were out.

Rummaging through my stock of handmade papers yielded a lovely leafy green sheets of handmade paper and a hard white paper with very interesting texture. The combination was approved in a jiffy. I showed him a rough prototype of what the card would look like. He smiled.

I once came across a lovely quotation that said that the best romantic relationship is not about warm fuzzy feelings, candlelight dinners, compatibility, babies and sweet nothings, but is the one that helps you achieve your highest potential.

Controversial as we may say, it did ring the big bell and I went searching for that quotation once again. I have not found it but ended up discovering so much more.

Here are some of my handpicked quotations on Love that I came across during my search. I wanted to share these, hoping that they too resonate with you. Or even better, igniting you to go and search for that perfect quote that moves you.

You have been working too hard in January over career, new year resolutions, fitness and more.
Devote February for Love.

Make use of this simple minimalistic calendar for February 2014 and plan for all things lovely. Flowers, gifts, notes, mails, or whatever that works for you and your loved ones. Its the most short-lived month so make the best use of it.

Here is a free giveaway of this month, with lots of love packed from my side. Download this minimalist calendar for the month of February 2014 and do the things you wanted to do. Just open (or download) and print it on your regular A4 paper. This works on colored paper too.